Wichita Art
Museum

A collection of cultural richness, this prestigious exhibition features masterpieces of Mexican art selected for inclusion by the Mexican government itself and representing significant developments of artistic production in Mexico over the last seventy years. Spanning five art movements, the collection features paintings, sculpture, and photographs from several well-known Mexican artists from the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Among the artists featured will be famous Mexican modernists Diego Rivera and Rufino Tamayo as well as works by dozens of other celebrated contemporary artists. Exhibition organized and funded by the Consulate of Mexico in Kansas City and supported in part by the City of Wichita.

This large-scale exhibition of a remarkable recently-discovered trove of Gustav Wolff's 19th and early 20th century urban cityscapes is exclusively scheduled for the Wichita Art Museum. Gustav Wolff (1863-1935) was a German-born artist of tremendous depth and range, creating scenes of poetic beauty based on the landscapes around New York City. These forty paintings capture light and dark atmosphere while remaining true to the artist’s love of nature. His ability to see the metaphysical in the mundane captured impressionist views ranging from the gritty docks of downtown Manhattan to the pastoral scenes of the city’s parks. The exhibition was organized courtesy of Hawthorne Fine Art, New York.

You'll take a trip to Mexico through these masterpieces of art by generations of Mexican artists. Practice your skills on a Mexican-themed project in the studio.

Artventures are drop-in art explorations and do-it-yourself creations. They are held one Saturday a month anytime between 11 am and 3 pm. Your Artventure begins when you stop by the Welcome Desk to pick up your activity sheet that takes you through our galleries and ends with an art-making activity in the studio. No reservations are required for this free event that lasts about an hour.

Google has teamed up with the Wichita Art Museum to present their annual Doodle 4 Google contest and give local students the chance to see their artwork hang alongside the masters in our gallery. Google’s homepage logo is famous for transforming into quirky illustrations and Kansas kids have the chance for their own design to be seen by the millions that log on each day. Doodles were submitted by students from around the nation and the first prize winner will be showcased on Google.com while local finalists from Kansas will have their masterpieces displayed in our gallery.

Ed Davison was among the most talented and accomplished Kansas artists. Though Ed inherited his father's bank in Wichita, painting was his true avocation. After studying at the Art Institute of Chicago, and later with Birger Sandzén, Davison exhibited in major exhibitions across the country, often winning awards. When Ed's wife Faye died in 1968, she left ten of his paintings to the Museum. This exhibition celebrates the recent acquisition of four new Davison paintings by showing them in the context of the family donation. Three of the new paintings were generously donated by George Vollmer. The fourth had long been in the possession of the McEwen family.

The Wichita Art Museum will participate in June's Final Friday art crawl by staying open late and celebrating Gustave Wolff: An Impressionist Eye for New York with a New York-themed event that is free and open to the public.

Celebrate the Wichita Art Museum's 77th year in the community at our Summer Birthday Bash. Free ice cream, live entertainment and a special art project awaits you on Saturday, July 21 from 2 pm to 4 pm. Saturdays are free for everyone at WAM. The WAM Summer Birthday Bash is made possible in part by the Wichita Wagonmasters, Sweetly Scrumptious, Hiland Dairy, the Nifty Nut House and the WSU Steel Drum Ensemble.